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pull back : gabling (v.); sibog (v.)

Glosses: (~ related words)
pull back
v. (motion)1. draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdrawpull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
~ back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
~ fall backmove back and away from.; "The enemy fell back"
~ retreat, retrogrademove back.; "The glacier retrogrades"
~ back down, back off, back upmove backwards from a certain position.; "The bully had to back down"
v. (contact)2. draw back, pull back, retractuse a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).
~ pullapply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
v. (contact)3. pull backmove to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!"
~ pull back, drawstretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).; "The archers were drawing their bows"
~ draw, pull, forcecause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
v. (contact)4. draw, pull backstretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).; "The archers were drawing their bows"
~ pull backmove to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!"
~ stretchpull in opposite directions.; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
v. (communication)5. back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
~ draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retirepull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"